La Vase Portages

Promoting and protecting one of the most historic canoe portages in Canada.

Canoe Day 2015 Saturday, July 18, 2015

Chair John Wipprecht was delighted with this year's Canoe Day turnout with one of the best groups ever. Hot humid weather and record low water levels made travelling the historic portage route more challenging than ever but was still well worth it. 2015 also marks the 400th anniversary of Samuel Champlain crossing North Bay, likely via La Vase Portages, a route also travelled by many of Canada's early explorers including Jean Nicolet, Henry Alexander, Alexander McKenzie and William Logan.